and the incredibly bias shown by writers here is unreal. I know you're supposed to root for the hometown team, but there's just no respect for anyone besides the Tigers.

the hell did abreu get 4 votes? or Frank Thomas?

A-ROD is good at winning personal awards and reaching personal goals but I don't care about that. The only thing that should count to a fan is how many rings he helped win. It will harder for any team to win in the playoffs with a cleanup hitter that folds in the clutch. Since I'm a Yankees fan I hope he breaks out of it some day but I don't have much hope after watching him the last 4 years. When he hits in the playoffs I'm sure it will be a game like game 3 vs. Red Sox in 2004 where they scored 19 runs. He's not the type of player that will do anything for you in a low scoring playoff game. It's not  easy to go 0 for 27 with runners on base but he found a way to do it in the playoffs. Can you imagine Ortiz or Ramirez ever doing that? A-Rod is not the kind of guy you don't want in a foxhole with you and as a Yankees fan I'm very sorry they signed him again. It's hard to root for a guy like this unless you only care about stats and box scores.

A-ROD is good at winning personal awards and reaching personal goals but I don't care about that. The only thing that should count to a fan is how many rings he helped win. It will hard for any team to win in the playoffs with a cleanup hitter that folds in the clutch. Since I'm a Yankees fan I hope he breaks out of it some day but I don't have much hope after watching him the last 4 years. When he hits in the playoffs I'm sure it will be a game like game 3 vs. Red Sox in 2004 where they scored 19 runs. He's not the type of player that will do anything for you in a low scoring playoff game. It's not  easy to go 0 for 27 with runners on base but he found a way to do it in the playoffs. Can you imagine Ortiz or Ramirez ever doing that? A-Rod is not the kind of guy you want in a foxhole with you and as a Yankees fan I'm very sorry they signed him again. It's hard to root for a guy like this unless you only care about stats and box scores.

if it wasn't unanimous. He still won it. By one vote or a billion votes, a win is a win.

Sorry Mick I don't take drugs and I'm not related to Juan Gone. I never said A-Rod doesn't play hard or try hard, and I never said he doesn't put up big numbers. The only number I care about though is the number of rings he wins with the Yankees. Maybe you are busy drinking too much beer during the games to notice when A-Rod squeezes the bat hard and takes those deep breaths before he pops up with men on base in a close game. I'm not talking about April, we all know that is his month. Why doesn't he huff and puff the same when the Yankees are involved in a blowout? Some guys can't play a pair of Aces in poker. A-Rod has all the talent in the world but still folds in the playoffs. He is a different player when the pressure is off. That's when he puts up most of his numbers. I am a Yankees fan and I do hope he turns it around but I believe it's something mental or maybe he just doesn't have the guts or cojones! The time for him to go 0 for 27 with runners on base is April not October!

Wang was more to blame than anyone for not getting past the first round, but you can also blame A-Rod for not getting any big hits. If he is Mr. MVP 54 HRs, he should be the guy who helps you win at least one playoff game. Ortiz doesn't have stats like A-Rod but the guy wins games. Other Yankees of the past like Brocious, Oneil, and Williams didn't have the huge regular season stats either and they also had a harder time in the post season with the better pitching but none of them went zero for 27 with runners on base in the playoffs and all of them had enough heart and toughness to come through with big hits every now and then. You can't count on A-Rod like you could with those guys. He will pop up quickly when the pressure is on, not even patient enough to make the pitchers work. Some guys just don't have what it takes. The Yankees may win without him if they get good pitching but don't expect A-Rod to hit much unless the game is a blowout either way.

Clutch is a myth? I can see where it's over rated but you know what is not a myth is that some players can't get it done when the pressure is on. Some times it's very evident like Knoblauch not being able to throw to first. A-Rod going 0 for 27 with runners on base in the playoffs is a similar thing. No major league batter can be that bad in those situations. Especially not an MVP so it has to be something mental. No one expects a baseball player to get it done every time. Failure is part of the game but the clutch players find ways to win more often than others. A-Rod is on the other end. Not only is he not clutch but he has a mental block that hurts his chances of performing when the team needs him most. As for Jeter and Posada, they have 4 rings each right? How many does A-Rod have? No one can be expected to win all the time in baseball but Jeter and Posada have already proven enough. On top of that they have never won MVP awards. A-Rod has 3 MVP's and zero rings. I think that and his playoff record says a lot about what type of player he is.

So when you can't make your point you just say something stupid right?